prof.mr.dr.drs. (Jeroen) JD Temperman

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Jeroen Temperman is professor of international law and religion and head of the department of international and European Union Law at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is the editor-in-chief of Religion & Human Rights. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has appointed him as a member of the OSCE Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Jeroen Temperman’s has a dual educational background in law and social science: he holds an LL.M (dist.) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; an E.MA (hons.) from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, Italy; and an MA (cum laude) in Humanist Studies from the University for Humanist…

Jeroen Temperman is professor of international law and religion and head of the department of international and European Union Law at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is the editor-in-chief of Religion & Human Rights. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has appointed him as a member of the OSCE Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief. Jeroen Temperman’s has a dual educational background in law and social science: he holds an LL.M (dist.) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; an E.MA (hons.) from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, Italy; and an MA (cum laude) in Humanist Studies from the University for Humanist Studies, Utrecht, Netherlands; he also holds undergraduate degrees in Law and Humanist Studies from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University for Humanist Studies respectively. He completed his doctoral degree at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (National University of Ireland, Galway). His dissertation was supervised by Professor Joshua Castellino and was on religion-state relationships and their impact on human rights implementation. In 2011 he was awarded a prestigious EUR-fellowship for his research project 'Advocacy of Religious Hatred under International and Domestic Law'. In 2014 Jeroen Temperman was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in the category of university scholar, facilitating a position as visiting scholar at Washington College of Law, American University, Washington D.C. In 2016, he co-founded, together with colleagues from several Erasmus University faculties, of the Erasmus Institute for Public Knowledge (EIPK), facilitated by a Research Excellence Initiative grant.

He has been guest professor at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), the School of Law of the University of Siena (Italy) and at the Center for Religious Studies (ISR) at Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento (Italy).

J.D. Temperman (2016). Religious Hatred and International Law. The Prohibition of Incitement to Violence or Discrimination (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

J.D. Temperman (2016). Religious Hatred and International Law. The Prohibition of Incitement to Violence or Discrimination (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

J.D. Temperman (2007). 25th Anniversary Commemoration of the Adoption of the 1981 UN Declaration on the Elimination of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief: a Report. Religion & Human Rights: An International Journal, 2 (1-2), 19-30.

J.D. Temperman (2016). Religious Hatred and International Law. The Prohibition of Incitement to Violence or Discrimination (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

J.D. Temperman (2015). A Right to be Free from Religious Hatred?: The Wilders Case in the Netherlands and Beyond. In P. Molnár (Ed.), Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe (pp. 509-530). New York/Budapest: Central European University Press

J.D. Temperman (2014). Prohibitions of Incitement under International Law: The Case of Religion. In K. Koltay (Ed.), Media Freedom and Regulation in the New Media World (pp. 459-469). Budapest: Wolters Kluwer Ltd.

J.D. Temperman (2013). Religion and Education. In Silvio Ferrari & Rinaldo Cristofori (Eds.), The Library of Essays on Law and Religion. Part III: Religion in the Public Space (pp. 131-161). Aldershot: Ashgate

J.D. Temperman (2012). Religious Symbols in the Public School Classroom. In J.D. Temperman (Ed.), The Lautsi Papers: Multidisciplinary Reflections on Religious Symbols in the Public School Classroom (pp. 143-176). Leiden/Boston: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

J.D. Temperman (2012). Religious Organizations as Social Service Providers: How Human Rights Law Mediates in Finding a Compromise between Full Autonomy and Universal Accessibility. In E.S. Elbakyan (Ed.), Religion as Social Institution (pp. 254-269). Moscow: Russian Academy of Science

J.D. Temperman (2019, maart 1). Corporate Religious Freedom and the Rights of Others. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Inaugural lecture (oratio), inaugurating Chair in International Law and Religion.

J.D. Temperman (2018, november 26). Corporate Religious Freedom and the Rights of Others: An ECHR Perspective. University of Siena, Italy, Guest lecture in the Master’s Course European Human Rights Law, Department of Jurisprudence, University of Siena.

J.D. Temperman (2018, november 7). The Role of Prohibitions of Incitement in the Protection of Religious Communities. University of Siena, Italy, Guest lecture in the Master’s Course Public Diplomacy, Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.

J.D. Temperman (2016, juni 16). Education as an Antidote Against Religious Hatred (Panel discussant). Tallinn, Estonia, International Conference on “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Situations of Crisis”, 16–18 June 2016, organized by the University of Tartu.

J.D. Temperman (2016, september 10). Freedom of Religion or Belief in Prison. Oxford, paper presented at the 4th biannual conference of the International Consortium of Law and Religion Studies, held at the University of Oxford (St. Hugh’s College), 8–11 September 2016, Oxford, UK.

J.D. Temperman (2016, juni 17). Incitement versus Provocation: On Punishable and Protected speech under International Law. Estonia, keynote presentation at the International Conference on “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Situations of Crisis”, 16–18 June 2016, organized by the University of Tartu, held in Tallinn, Estonia.

J.D. Temperman (2016, april 28). Professional Training of Judges and Prosecutors: The Relevance of International Standards against Incitement to (Religious) Violence. Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Minsk, Belarus, Keynote presentation, International expert conference entitled “Professional Training of Judges and Prosecutors: The Council of Europe Approach, organized by the Council of Europe.

J.D. Temperman (2014, februari 28). EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief: An Appraisal. Utrecht, the Netherlands, Presentation, Platform Religious Freedom in Foreign Policy.

J.D. Temperman (2014, april 11). Hate speech under International Law. Paris, France, Invited expert presentation, Working Group on Hate Speech of the European Commission against Racism and Discrimination (ECRI), Council of Europe.

J.D. Temperman (2013, april 25). Extreme Speech and Religion in a Democracy: Incitement versus Defamation. Baltic International Academy, Riga, Latvia, 'Challenges for Democracy: Religion, Law and Dialogue in the CIS and Baltics'.

J.D. Temperman (2013, augustus 21). Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and Religious Minorities. Richmond, Williamsburg, and Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, Third Biannual ICLARS Conference on Religion, Democracy , and Equality (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, University of Virginia Law School and William and Mary Law School.

J.D. Temperman (2013, september 16). An Introduction to International Human Rights Relating to Religion and Belief. Ho Chi Min City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Saigon, Vietnam, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law.

J.D. Temperman (2013, september 16). The Right to Legal Entity Status. Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Saigon, Vietnam, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law.

J.D. Temperman (2013, september 16). Legal-Philosophical Justification for Religious Freedom. Ho Chi Min City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Saigon, Vietnam, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law.

J.D. Temperman (2013, september 21). Religious Hate Speech: An International Law Perspective. Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Saigon, Vietnam, Academic Round-table Discussion Rule of Law and Religion in Southeast and Northeast Asia.

J.D. Temperman (2013, september 25). Global and Local Religious Hatred [round-table expert intervention]. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Symposium on International Law and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global and Local Religious Hatred.

J.D. Temperman (2012, november 26). A European Historical Perspective on Human Rights with a Particular Focus on Freedom of Religion. Hanoi, Vietnam, Course on Religion and the Rule of Law in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Faculty of Social Sciences at Viet Nam National University.

J.D. Temperman (2012, november 27). An Introduction to International Human Rights Relating to Religion and Belief. Hanoi, Vietnam, Course on Religion and the Rule of Law in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Faculty of Social Sciences at Viet Nam National University.

J.D. Temperman (2012, november 28). The Right to Legal Entity Status. Hanoi, Vietnam, Course on Religion and the Rule of Law in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Faculty of Social Sciences at Viet Nam National University.

J.D. TempermanReligious Influence in Politics. Hanoi, Vietnam, Course on Religion and the Rule of Law in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Faculty of Social Sciences at Viet Nam National University.

J.D. TempermanFinancial Relationships between Religions and the State. Hanoi, Vietnam, Course on Religion and the Rule of Law in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Faculty of Social Sciences at Viet Nam National University.

J.D. Temperman (2009, november 16). State Neutrality in Public School Education. Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Staff seminar, Human Rights Centre, School of Law.

J.D. Temperman (2009, april 16). Religion in the Public Domain. The Hague, the Netherlands, Debriefing, at Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid (WRR)/ Scientific Council for Government Policy, within the framework of WRR¿s research project ¿Religion in the Public Domain".

J.D. Temperman (2018). Social and Legal Change in Relation to Religious Minorities in the Members States of the European Union: General Report (Certosa de Pontignano, Italy). Invited keynote reflection, Annual Meeting European Consortium for Church and State Research entitled “The Legal Status of Old and New Religious Minorities in the European Union”: (2018, november 15 - 2018, november 18).

J.D. Temperman (2017). Freedom of Religion or Belief and Education under Protocol I, paper presented at the expert conference entitled “The European Court of human Rights and the Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion: The 25-Years Legacy of Kokkinakis”, Central European University, 27-28 May 2017, Budapest, Hungary.

J.D. Temperman (2017). Freedom of Religion or Belief and Education Cases: A Critical Appraisal of the European Court of Human Rights, invited paper at International Workshop on “Interpreting Religion and Human Rights Beyond the Legal Perspective”, 4 December 2017, University of Padova Human Rights Centre, Padova, Italy.

J.D. Temperman (2017). Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching about Religions and Beliefs in Public Schools: Ten Years Later, opening presentation at the workshop on “Teaching about Religion in Public Schools Ten Years after the Toledo Guiding Principles”, Center for Religious Studies (ISR) at Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), 9-10 October 2017, Trento, Italy.

J.D. Temperman (2017). Religion and Minorities, Church-State Relations, Neutrality: A Comment, panel discussant at the expert conference entitled “The European Court of human Rights and the Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion: The 25-Years Legacy of Kokkinakis”, Central European University, 27-28 May 2017, Budapest, Hungary.

J.D. Temperman (2017). FoRB and Education, paper presented at the regional conference entitled “Contemporary Issues of Freedom of Religion or Belief in Armenia, Georgia and Beyond”, 8 April 2017, organized jointly by the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Embassy) and the Eurasia Partnership Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia.

J.D. Temperman (2017). Co-convenor, together with Sir Malcolm Evans, Jeremy Gunn, Cole Durham, and Renata Uitz, of the expert conference entitled “The European Court of human Rights and the Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion: The 25- Years Legacy of Kokkinakis”, Central European University, 27-28 May 2017, Budapest, Hungary.

J.D. Temperman (2017). Religious and Non-Religious Minorities, State Neutrality and Access to Public School Education, invited presentation and workshop at the Conference entitled “The Unspoken Sacred: The Religious Dimension of Intercultural Dialogue”, organized by Fondazione Intercultura Onlus, Bari, Italy.

J.D. Temperman (2016). Accommodation of Diversity (moderator). International Conference on “Freedom of Religion or Belief in Situations of Crisis”, organized by the University of Tartu: Tallinn, Estonia (2016, juni 16 - 2016, juni 18).

J.D. Temperman (2015). The Role of Incitement Prohibitions in Protecting Religious Communities. International Conference on 'Regulating Religion: Normativity and change at the Intersection of Law and Religion', Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore: ingapore (2015, december 14 - 2015, december 15).

J.D. Temperman (2015). Reflections on the Rabat Plan of Action. Contribution to panel discussion at The Parliament of the World’s Religions: Salt Lake City, United States of America (2015, oktober 15 - 2015, oktober 19).

J.D. Temperman (2015). Prohibition of Incitement in International Law: The Case of Religion. Paper presented at the international conference entitled “Media Freedom and Regulation in the New Media World”, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Media Council of Hungary: Budapest, Hungary (2015, april 25).

J.D. Temperman (2015). Religion & Public School Education: International Standards. Paper presented at the conference entitled 'Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Education System', organized by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Ankara University Human Rights Centre: Ankara, Turkey (2015, maart 27).

J.D. Temperman (2012). Laws on Religious Registration and Autonomy: European 'Best Practises' and European 'Bad Practises'. International Symposium on Religion and Rule of Law: Beijing University Law School/Communication University of China/Pu Shi Institute for Social Science (2012, juli 14).

J.D. Temperman (2012). Religious Hate Speech. Expert Panel on Protecting the Right to Freedom of Expression in a Complex World: International and Regional Challenged: American University, Washington D.C., United States of America (2012, juni 7).

J.D. Temperman (2012). The Prohibition of Advocacy of Religious Hatred under International Law. International Academic Conference: Vietnam: Moving Forward the Legislative Process: Faculty of Social Sciences at Viet Nam National University, 30 November 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam.

J.D. Temperman (2011). Religious Influence on the Rule of Law in Thailand: A Comment. Law and Religion Early Career Workshop, Melbourne Law School: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (2011, juli 14).

J.D. Temperman (2011). Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in the Context of Employment: A Response to Prof. Lucy Vickers. International Expert Seminar on 'The European Convention on Human Rights and the Employment Relation': Fondation Universitaire Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (2011, november 25).

J.D. Temperman (2011). The Virtues of European Court's Jurisdiction in Law and Religion Issues: A Response to Prof. Marco Ventura. ReligioWest Kick-Off Meeting: Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2011, oktober 14 - 2011, oktober 15).

J.D. Temperman (2011). Are State Churches Contrary to International Law? Symposium on'Law and Religion in the 21st Century', Erasmus University Rotterdam: Hotel New York, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2011, september 23).

J.D. Temperman (2011). Religion & Human Rights. Second ICLARS Conference on 'Religion and Constitution': International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies/Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile (2011, september 8 - 2011, september 10).

J.D. Temperman (2011). Religious Organizations as Social Service Providers: How Human Rights Law Mediates in Finding a Compromise between Full Autonomy and Universal Accessibility. International Conference on 'Religion as Social Institution': ReligioPolis/Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia (2011, september 5 - 2011, september 6).

J.D. Temperman (2011). Publishing in (International) Journals during PhD research. School of Human Rights Seminar entitled 'Human rights or constitutional rights: Does it make a difference?': Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2011, maart 14).

J.D. Temperman (2011). Realizing and Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Inventory of Key Legal and De Facto Obstacles. Scientific Conference on 'Freedom of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue: A Global Dimension and Local Expressions': Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine (2011, mei 20 - 2011, mei 21).

J.D. Temperman (2010). Religious & Non-Religious Minorities, State Neutrality and Access to Public School Education. International Conference on 'Socio-Economic Participation of minorities in Relation to the Right to Identity': Erasmus University Rotterdam (2010, oktober 27 - 2010, oktober 29).

J.D. Temperman (2009). Protection against Religious Hatred under the UN ICCPR and the European Convention System. First International ICLARS Conference: 'Law and Religion in the 21st Century - Relations between States and Religious Studies': University of Milan, Milan, Italy (2009, januari 22 - 2009, januari 24).

J.D. Temperman (2009). Integration as Requirement for Immigration: Racial Discrimination in Disguise? A Perspective from the Netherlands. International Conference on 'Human Rights and Justice in Immigration: National and International Perspectives': Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel (2009, mei 25 - 2009, mei 27).

J.D. Temperman (2007). Women & the Right to Neutral Governance. International Conference 'An Uncomfortable Conversation: Religious Visions in the Family - Images and Aspirations for Equality': Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA, United States of America (2007, mei 11 - 2007, mei 12).

J.D. Temperman (2007). The Scope of the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief. Seminar on: 'Building on the 1981 Religious Tolerance Declaration: The Impact of Language on Freedom of Religion or Belief', Working Group Focus on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoFoRB): Berlin, Germany (2007, juni 12 - 2007, juni 13).

J.D. Temperman (2007). Citizenship & the Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. International Conference on 'Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitanism': University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (2007, november 3 - 2007, november 4).

J.D. Temperman (2007). The Notion of Citizenship and Citizenship Education [Chair]. International Conference on “Citizenship, Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitanism”: University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (2011, november 3 - 2011, november 4).

J.D. Temperman (2020-). Re-appointed by the Council of Europe as antidiscrimination expert, No Hate Speech and Cooperation Unit, Anti-Discrimination Department, Council of Europe (consultancy tender renewed for another 2 years).. Council of Europe.

J.D. Temperman (2018-2020). Member of the International Academic Advisory Board of the Oxford Advanced Certificate Programme on Religion and the Rule of Law. BYU Law Oxford.

J.D. Temperman (2019-2019). Member of Advisory Group of CREID, Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (FCO-funded project). CREID.

J.D. Temperman (2018-2018). Appointed by the Council of Europe as antidiscrimination expert, No Hate Speech and Cooperation Unit, Anti-Discrimination Department, Council of Europe (consultancy tender of 2 years). Council of Europe.

J.D. Temperman (2008). [Bespreking van het boek Religion in the Public Sphere: A Comparative Analysis of German, Israeli, American and International Law]. Religion & Human Rights: An International Journal, 3(1), 75-77.